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Are you tired? Do you have low energy? Have you put on some weight recently? Despite the advances of modern medicine, there is no magic pill or fountain of youth to combat aging, poor food choices or bad exercise habits. But if you've been watching infomercials or flipping through a magazine lately, you may think testosterone could be a cure-all. The "low T" movement, also known as "andropause," targets aging men for their declining testosterone levels. And over the past decade, it's become a multibillion-dollar industry. A new editorial, released recently in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, makes the case that "disease mongering"...

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